Originally posted by BillM cant understand how pentax can tout backward compatibility, and not offer a split-prism.
Yes that's a curious one.
I think they really only pay lip service to older lens users - understandable I guess given their dilemma I was outlining above. If they really really really wanted to support those, they could add additive custom lens settings into their menu somewhere. Imagine if there were 20 custom lens slots, which you could name and configure yourself. So for example for that old 400mm that was perhaps a little soft and/or lacking in contrast you configure it as one of the slots, which might bump up contrast and sharpness a little when it's attached and add a little backfocus value. Then when you take it off and mount another lens you'd just take it off that lens setting and add whatever preremembered settings you have for the next lens. That'd be so sweet.
Honestly, I think these dslr manufacturers could do a lot better job using computer technology for their consumer products. I think, for example, that the interface on these things are shocking, years out of date. If you consider the amount of processing and functionality an iphone can give you nowadays with all its bazillion apps, that's the sort of level and compactness of technology that camera companies should be aspiring to. I'd be utterly amazed if the big tie-ups in the next few years that camera companies make arn't with software/computer type companies for this exact reason.
And, you know, I appreciate that camera companies might not want to give away any visibility into the processing governing their dSLRs, but some sort of third party integration into cameras is an idea that must surely come in time. Imagine, for example, if Adobe developed a really cracking ND plugin, which allowed you to set it in camera and allowed you to even set it for only part of the frame. Like a soft grad ND, but in-camera, and completely configurable. That'd be so hot, I'd buy it tomorrow.
Last edited by Nass; 04-14-2010 at 02:22 AM.